Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi /

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"Provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi-based women's organization Womanpower Unlimited. Founded in 1961 by Clarie Collins Harvey, the organization was created initially to provide aid to the Freedom Riders, who were unjustly arrested and tortured in the M...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morris, Tiyi Makeda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Womanpower Unlimited.
Womanpower Unlimited > History.
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American women > Social conditions.
African American women political activists.
African American women civil rights workers.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noires americaines > Mississippi > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Defenseuses des droits de l'homme noires americaines > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes activistes noires americaines > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American women > Mississippi > Social conditions > 20th century.
African American women civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American women political activists > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: "Women are the humanizers of the struggle" : Black women's legacy of activism
  • "It was just women who dared to dream" : the emergence of Womanpower Unlimited
  • "You could just see things being accomplished" : the women who built the movement
  • "'Cause I love my people" : sustaining the people and the movement
  • "We who believe in freedom" : interracial cooperation and peace activism
  • "Welcome, ladies, to Magnolialand" : Womanpower and Wednesdays Women
  • "When there was a need" : ministering to the people
  • Conclusion: Women's power transformed : joining forces with the National Council of Negro Women
  • Epilogue: "This woman's work" : activism in the post-civil rights years.

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